JP2001229108A - Simultaneous operating method for terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for simultaneous terminal operation by a remote control program. SOLUTION: A controller side is connected to plural agents (417). A window for selecting an agent to be displayed on the controller side is provided (412), the selected agent is reported to all the agents (418), and screen information is received from the selected agent and displayed (419). The controller side operation to the selected agent as operation information (420) to all the agents. All the agents reflect the operation information on their screen (416) to actualize simultaneous operation of plural terminals. Consequently, the terminals (agent) can be operated remotely and simultaneously to save the trouble of key operation and shorten the time as compared with the case wherein (n) terminals are operated, one by one.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a method of operating a remote terminal using a remote control program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a large number of terminals are operated by operating a remote terminal using a remote control program,
It was necessary to perform one-to-one remote control.

[0003]

In the prior art, when a plurality of terminals are operated, the operating side (controller) is used.
It is necessary to select a terminal (agent) to be operated by (for example, switch an agent or connect to an agent) and perform a remote operation. At this time, when performing the same operation on a plurality of terminals, it is necessary to switch and operate the agents by the number of terminals, and there is a problem that it takes time and effort to operate the same number of terminals despite the same operation. .
Conventionally, it has been possible to sequentially operate a plurality of terminals. However, even in such a case, even if the same operation is to be performed depending on the state of the agent (for example, the position of the mouse pointer is different), the control side actually performs the operation. I needed to do something different.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to remedy such problems.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method capable of simultaneously operating a plurality of terminals if the same operation is performed regardless of the screen state of an agent.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the operation is performed in the following procedure. First, a connection between the controller and a plurality of agents is established. Operations can be performed as long as each terminal is connected to the network. Next, an arbitrary agent to be operated is selected, and the selected information is notified to all other agents.
The agent screen displayed on the controller is the screen of the agent selected arbitrarily, and the operation information (mouse point, screen position, mouse position,
Key input, etc.) to other agents. The multiple agents reflect the operation on their own terminals based on the received operation information. As a result, an operation result similar to the operation on an arbitrary agent is obtained, and simultaneous operation is realized. The transmission of the operation information to a plurality of agents may be performed sequentially for each operation, or a series of operations may be transmitted collectively. It is also possible to change the selected agent during the operation and continue the operation by performing the selection operation again and notifying the selected information to another agent. At this time, in order to prevent the agent from being unable to operate due to the state of the agent, the keyboard and mouse operation information is transmitted by transmitting only the start position of the keyboard operation position after operation and the mouse point information after operation. Side operations can be performed reliably.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the configuration and operation of the entire system on which the present invention is premised will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, assume that there are 11 to 15 terminals as an example. These terminals are connected to the network (16) and can communicate with each other. The terminal 11 is an operation side (controller) in the remote control program, and operates the control side program. The terminals 12 to 15 are operated (agents), and the programs on the agent side are operated. The control-side program and the agent-side program can be run on multiple terminals, respectively.However, the control-side program and the agent-side program must be run on a first-generation terminal to perform their own operations. Mutual control between two or more terminals is not performed because it is contrary to the spirit of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows screens and screen transitions when the existing technology is used. There are controller side screens 101 to 103 and agent side screens 104 and 105. 110 indicates a screen transition from the controller-side screen 101 to the screen 102, and 111 indicates a screen transition from the screen 102 to the screen 103.
Indicates. Reference numeral 112 denotes a screen transition from the agent side screen 104 to the screen 105. Further, there are an input device keyboard 108 and a mouse 109 on the controller side. More specifically, when a connection is made with the agent side 104 on the controller side screen 101, the screen of the agent side 104 is displayed as it is on the controller side like the screen 102 as on the controller side. Here, when operation information is given from the keyboard 108 and the mouse 109, the operation information is transferred to the agent side, the screen on the agent side changes as indicated by 105, and the information is transmitted to the screen on the controller side. Same as agent side.

FIG. 3 shows a processing flow when the existing technology is used. When an arbitrary agent is operated from the controller side, a connection is made from the controller side to an arbitrary agent in step 301. (113) Step 3
After the connection is completed at 02, the screen information of the agent side screen A (104) is transmitted to the controller side (114). At this time, the agent sends all of the screen information to the control. The screen (104) received in steps 303 and 304 is displayed in screen C (102) on the controller side. At this time, the screen of the agent side is displayed on the screen of the control side according to the screen information of the agent side. However, if all the screens of the control side are changed to the screens of the agent side, it becomes difficult to operate the screen of the control side. Is reduced from 1/2 to 1/3 of the screen on the control side. However, since this reduction method uses a screen control method that has already been realized, it is not the object of the present invention. In step 305, mouse operation and key input (108) (109) are performed on the controller side. In steps 306, 307 and 308, the operation information is transmitted from the controller side to the agent side (115), and the agent side receives the operation information and reflects the operation (112). By displaying the result on a screen, a screen A '(105) is obtained.
Thereafter, remote control is realized by repeating steps 302 to 308. For this reason, even when performing the same operation, it is necessary to perform the operation for the number of terminals to be operated, and depending on the screen state of the agent, it may be necessary to change the operation on the control side.

FIG. 4 shows screens and screen transitions using the operation method of the present invention. Controller side screens 401 to 403
And agent side screens 404 to 409. In this example, reference numeral 421 in the controller screen 401 indicates an agent selection window. However, other methods for selecting an agent include, for example, a method of selecting an object representing an agent terminal in an image. In the present invention, the method of selecting an agent is not particularly limited. The agent side screen is a screen for each terminal, and 404 and 407, 405 and 40
8, 406 and 409 form a pair. Controller side screen 4
414 indicates a screen transition from 01 to the screen 402, and 415 indicates a screen transition from the screen 402 to 403. Agent side 404, 405, 406 to 407, 408,
A screen transition to 409 is indicated by 416. Further, there are an input device keyboard 412 and a mouse 413 on the controller side. In this example, the agent side is represented as A1 to A100, but there is no limitation on the number of agent side terminals as in any selection method. As long as the control side and the agent side are connected in the network, any control side and any agent side may be connected, and there is no upper limit of the connection. However, as mentioned above, operating the control side and the agent side simultaneously on the same terminal to operate itself and operating two or more terminals mutually using the control side are the present invention. Will not be performed because it is against the purpose of the above.

FIG. 5 shows a processing flow using the operation method of the present invention. When operating a plurality of agents from the controller side, the controller side connects to the plurality of agents in step 501 (417). Step 50
At step 2,503, the controller selects an agent to be displayed on the screen (421), and notifies all connected agents of the selected agent (418). This is an operation for making the control determine whether to transmit a screen. If the selected agent is its own agent in steps 504 and 505, screen A1 (404)
Is transmitted (419). If the selected agent is other than its own agent, the screen information is not transmitted (4
05) (406). Basically, operation information is transmitted from the control side to terminals other than the selected agent, but there is no information to be transmitted from the agent side to the control side. The screen (404) received in steps 506 and 507 is replaced with the screen C (402) on the controller side.
Display within. At step 508, the controller performs mouse operation / key input (412) (413). In steps 509, 510, and 511, the operation information is transmitted from the controller to all the agents (420), and the operation is received on the agent and the operation is reflected (416).
The operation result is displayed on the screen, and screens A1 ', A2', A100 '(40
7) (408) and (409). Then step 5
By repeating steps 04 to 511, according to the present embodiment, simultaneous remote control for a plurality of agents can be realized, which has the effect of saving labor and time for remote control. In addition, this method is an example, and in addition to this, data transmission to the selected agent is preceded, after confirming the operation, data transmission to the unselected agent is performed. There are several methods for operating the agent, but in any case, the practitioner of the present invention can automatically perform an operation on a plurality of agents simply by operating an arbitrary agent from the controller side. It is possible. In the present invention, it is necessary to confirm the state of each agent in order to perform operations on a plurality of agents simultaneously. In order to prepare for such a case, a function of switching an agent selected once to another agent is required.

Next, a description will be given of an embodiment in which the controller changes another agent to the selected agent during the processing and performs an operation.

FIG. 6 shows screens and screen transitions when the controller changes the agents to be displayed on the screen. There are controller-side screens 601 and 602 and agent-side screens 603 to 605. A screen transition 608 indicates a screen transition from the controller screen 601 to the screen 602. Reference numeral 611 in the controller screen 601 indicates an agent selection window. More specifically, the control side 601 selects the agent side at the beginning of the operation. Using this selection function, an arbitrary agent can be selected. This example shows a case where the agent side A100 'is selected while the agent side A1' is selected. If you select A100 'on the control side, the information of the selected agent will be sent to all connected agents and it will be selected before
A1 'does not transmit screen information because the selected agent is not itself. Similarly Agent A1
In the case of 00 ', the selected agent is itself, so the screen information is transmitted to the control side. The control receives the screen information transmitted by A100 'and draws the screen information transmitted by agent A100' in the area where the screen of agent A1 'has been displayed so far. Thus, the change of the agent to be displayed on the screen is completed. It is possible to freely select an arbitrary agent among the agents connected in this way. Although not directly related to the present invention, it is possible to monitor the screen state on the agent side by using this function. This is because it is possible to make it appear as if the agent is being monitored by automatically changing the agent one after another at regular time intervals. In order to realize this function in the present invention, it is possible to easily realize the function by preparing options such as circling and automatic switching on an agent selection screen. Of course, it is needless to say that the switching can be stopped by an arbitrary agent.

FIG. 7 shows a processing flow when the controller changes the agent to be displayed on the screen. At steps 701 and 702, the controller changes the agent to be displayed on the screen (611), and notifies all connected agents of the selected agent (609). If the selected agent is its own agent in steps 703 and 704, the agent transmits the screen information (6
10). In this example, the agent side A100 'transmits its own screen information. If the selected agent is other than its own agent, no screen information is transmitted (603) (6)
04). As a result, the agent side A1 'which has transmitted the screen information up to that point no longer transmits the screen information. The screen (605) received in steps 705 and 706 is displayed in the screen C (602) on the controller side. As described above, even if an arbitrary agent is selected from the connected agents and an operation is performed, the operation can be reflected on all agent screens. Therefore, there is no need for an agent side having a specific function other than the control side.

[0016]

According to the present invention, a plurality of terminals (agents) can be simultaneously remote-controlled,
Compared to operating n terminals one by one, there is an effect of labor saving of key operation and time reduction.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration diagram of an entire system on which the present invention is premised.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing screens and screen transitions according to the existing technology.

FIG. 3 is a processing flowchart in the existing technology.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing screens and screen transitions according to the new technology.

FIG. 5 is a processing flowchart according to the new technology.

FIG. 6 is a screen and a screen transition diagram when an agent to be displayed on the screen is changed on the controller side.

FIG. 7 is a processing flowchart when an agent to be displayed on the screen is changed on the controller side.

[Explanation of symbols]

401, 402, 403: Controller side screen, 40
4, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409 ... agent side screen, 410, 411 ... agent screen in controller, 412, 413 ... keyboard and mouse, 414, 415 ... controller side screen transition, 416
… Agent-side screen transition 417… connection to multiple agents 418… notification of selected agent 41
9 ... Screen information of the selected agent, 420 ... Operation information on the controller side, 421 ... Agent selection window on the controller side.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method of operating a remote terminal using a remote control program, comprising: transmitting operation information performed on an arbitrary terminal to one or more other terminals;
A terminal simultaneous operation method, wherein the terminal performs simultaneous operation by performing the same processing using operation information on each terminal receiving the information. 2. A method for operating a remote terminal using a remote control program, wherein a connection is established from a control terminal to a plurality of remote agent terminals, and an arbitrary one of the agent terminals is selected on the control side. Provide a window to display, perform operation by transmitting screen information from the control terminal only to the selected agent terminal, transmit the operation on the selected agent terminal as operation information from the control terminal to all other agent terminals, A method for simultaneously operating a plurality of terminals by reflecting operation information on the agent terminal.